Analysis of the scientific data will take place at the TESS Science Center.

This is a partnership among MIT’s Physics Department and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research as well as the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the NASA Ames Research Center.

A TESS Guest Investigator programme has been set up to allow the community to participate in science investigations using TESS. Many teams have proposed 2-minute cadence targets for analysis and full-frame image data.

All data will be made available through the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) public archive once data processing and validation is complete.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Kepler Project discovered many planets in the habitable zone with similarities to Earth, as outlined in the line up above

The Kepler Project discovered many planets in the habitable zone with similarities to Earth, as outlined in the line up above

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Teresa is a science communicator with over 20 years’ experience communicating science and engineering research and projects in Australia and Europe. She's currently working in natural resource management in the rangelands of Western Australia, freelance writing and volunteering on a couple of committees. Teresa loves all things prehistoric (especially dinosaurs), nature and space/sci-fi. She enjoys travel and outdoors activities including rowing, kayaking, sailing, and fishing and also spending time DIY-ing in her garden and house.

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